Arnold Genthe
American Photographer · 1869–1942
17 works on LinkedCulture
> I was determined to show people a new kind of photography: there would be no stilted poses; as a matter of fact, no poses at all. I would try to take my sitters unawares, at a moment when they would not realize that the camera was ready. I would show them prints in which a uniform sharpness would be avoided and emphasis laid on portraying a person's character instead of making a commonplace reco
Works
![[Anna Duncan dancing]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/b57f5b5e-8da9-42f9-9e61-b3604422de91/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Anna Duncan dancing]
Getty Museum · 1916–1936
Anna Pavlowa
Getty Museum · about 1915
Balcony Shadows
Getty Museum · about 1920–1925
![[Eleanora Duse]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/8dffd039-3568-407d-9e9d-9cd9000be3f8/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Eleanora Duse]
Getty Museum · about 1924
Eleanora Duse
Getty Museum · 1925
![[Isadora Duncan and Group]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/c9f6d4d1-ac5d-4a89-9680-b40a18c4d4b6/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Isadora Duncan and Group]
Getty Museum · about 1917
![[Margaret Anglin as Electra]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/1f5da4d2-104a-4052-9049-1863dabfd3f1/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Margaret Anglin as Electra]
Getty Museum · about 1927
Merchant with Bodyguard
Getty Museum · about 1896–1906
Miss Tillie Losch and Harald Kreutzberg
Getty Museum · 1927
Modern Torso
Getty Museum · about 1918
Mrs Patrick Campbell
Getty Museum · 1902
![Opium Smoker, Chinatown, San Francisco/[The Opium Fiend]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/57b559e5-9fac-4c97-9003-0866ced5b391/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
Opium Smoker, Chinatown, San Francisco/[The Opium Fiend]
Getty Museum · 1905
Ruth St. Denis
Getty Museum · about 1927
San Francisco, April 18, 1906
Getty Museum · negative 1906; print 1920s
Window and Stairway of the Old Ursuline Convent, New Orleans
Getty Museum · about 1920–1926
![[Woman Wearing a Fortuny Dress]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/6a576709-187d-4241-9663-5a27c27d4382/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Woman Wearing a Fortuny Dress]
Getty Museum · about 1920
![[Woman Wearing a Fortuny Dress]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/9015a771-1997-440d-a652-ea87032ab6f5/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Woman Wearing a Fortuny Dress]
Getty Museum · about 1920